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Word: aubplanalp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1926-1926
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...Sioux City, Iowa, Cigar-Store Manager E. H. Planalp of 1918 Jones Street boasted to newsgatherers that his was "a name in a million," being reversible. His Swiss grandfather had made it from the original, unwieldy Aubplanalp. "I've met lots of people," chuckled Mr. Planalp, "and I've been in quite a few towns and cities in the U. S., but I've never yet met anyone-with the exception of members of my own family, who can spell the surname backwards and forwards with the same result." Idlers suggested appropriate names for Mr. Planalp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: In St. Petersburg | 8/16/1926 | See Source »

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